Charaxes druceanus
Charaxes druceanus, the silver-barred emperor or silver-barred charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. druceanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes druceanus Butler, 1869 | |
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The wingspan is 55–70 mm in males and 65–85 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round.[2] The larvae feed on various Syzygium species (including Syzygium cordatum and Syzygium guineense), Bersama abyssinica,[1][2] Eugenia species, and Schefflera goetzenii.
Habitat
Coastal belt and forest edges up to more than 5,000 m.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- C. d. brazza Turlin, 1987 (Congo: Kinkala, Bela)
- C. d. druceanus Butler, 1869 (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal))
- C. d. entabeni van Someren, 1963 (South Africa: Limpopo Province to the Zoutpansberg)
- C. d. katamayu Plantrou, 1982 (Kenya: south to the area east of the Rift Valley)
- C. d. obscura Rebel, 1914 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Rwanda, western Burundi)
- C. d. moerens Jordan, 1936 (South Africa: Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga, Swaziland)
- C. d. praestans Turlin, 1989 (north-eastern Tanzania)
- C. d. proximans Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Angola, eastern Rwanda, eastern Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, north-western Zimbabwe)
- C. d. septentrionalis Lathy, 1926 (eastern Uganda, western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
- C. d. solitaria Henning & Henning, 1992 (South Africa: north-east and north-west slopes of the Blouberg)
- C. d. stevensoni van Someren, 1963 (western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
- C. d. teita van Someren, 1939 (south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania: north to the Arusha-Moshi district)
- C. d. vivianae Plantrou, 1982 (Sudan: south to the Imatong Mountains)
- C. d. williamsi Plantrou, 1982 (Kenya: south-east to Mount Kasigau)
Taxonomy
The Charaxes jasius group consists of:
- Charaxes jasius
- Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
- Charaxes hansali
- Charaxes castor
- Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
- Charaxes andara – Madagascar
- Charaxes ansorgei
- Charaxes phoebus
- Charaxes pollux
- Charaxes druceanus
- Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar, close to next
- Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
- Charaxes eudoxus
- Charaxes richelmanni
References
- "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1963 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195-242.
- Van Someren, 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)75-166. Additional notes
External links
- Charaxes druceanus images Subspecies and forms on Charaxes page at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images of C. druceanus druceanus Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. druceanus obscura (Albertine Rift Project)
- Images of C. druceanus proximans (Albertine Rift Project)
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